Sex, Love and Relationships

Study Finds Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Not Effective

Posted August 17, 2007

A research study examining results of 13 abstinence-only education programs found that abstinence-only programs had "no significant effect" on risky behavior.

A research study examining results of 13 abstinence-only education programs involving 15,940 young people found that abstinence-only programs had “no significant effect” in increasing or decreasing risky behavior including delaying sexual initiation, reducing unprotected sex, or in preventing pregnancy. Read More »